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boustrophedon
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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n. [from a Greek word for turning like an ox while plowing] An ancient
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method of writing using alternate left-to-right and right-to-left lines.
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This term is actually philologists' techspeak and typesetters' jargon.
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Erudite hackers use it for an optimization performed by some computer
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typesetting software and moving-head printers. The adverbial form
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boustrophedonically is also found (hackers purely love constructions like
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this).
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